First off – No, I haven’t seen “The Avengers” yet. My spouse went with his brother while out of town and then the day after that I was out of town sooooo they saw the movie, but I did not. Perhaps soon.
What I have been watching otherwise though will be discussed below.
A while back I watched a documentary about PT 109. I knew that JFK had been on that vessel, but I didn’t know much about him as a young man or what really happens so this was a very informative movie for me to watch. I also liked how they tied in a personal story (the documentarian’s personal connection to the story). I like to tell my students to try that with their potentially “boring” writing
Next up was the documentary Trudell. I only knew this was a documentary about a poet, but I didn’t know about his tie-in to Native American activism. Years ago when my husband and I went to Alcatraz in San Francisco I heard about the Native American’s taking over the island for a time, but now I had a face to put with that movement. An interesting watch.
In a very different vein, a while back – when my brother-in-law was visiting – we went to see the film The Raid which was a pretty good modern example of the fight/martial arts movie.
Then for something also different how about some classic Tim Conway skits on Netflix?
And, back to the documentaries with a PBS one on The Greely Expedition which is another topic I only had a passing knowledge of. I love documentaries that show you some of their research – here letters that people in the expedition wrote.
Another PBS documentary I spent time with was The People’s Palace which is a fascinating look at the history of and present day incarnation of the Public Library of New York. I don’t spend as much time with the library now, but I LOVED the library when I was a kid.
My husband and I like to watch such a variety of things, but we are both fond of comedy specials. I decided to watch a Janeane Garafalo one largely because she intrigues me. She is one of the only celebrities that people think I look like. Who have you been told you look like?
Several items we had saved to watch on Netflix were getting ready to expire so a few things I watched recently (like Greely) were watched largely because of the “due date.” One of those was Titan A.E. I was surprised that this movie didn’t hold up. I love Sci-Fi and I love animation but this movie just comes across as a weak impersonation of a Disney movie. The animation is pretty impressive but the story itself – eh. Oh well, at least I didn’t pay to see it in the theater!
So here are some of mine. What have you been watching? Let’s share and discuss.

